Apparatus for hanging and unhanging electric lamps



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H. G. PISKE.

APPARATUS FOR HANGING AND UNHANGING ELEGTRI'G LAMPS.

No. 262,941. Patented Aug. 22,1882

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H. G. FISKE. APPARATUS FOR HANGING AND UNHANGING ELECTRIC LAMPS No. 262,941. Patented Aug. 22, 1882 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

HENRY Gr. FISKE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

APPARATUS FOR HANGING AND UNHANGING ELECTRIC LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,941, dated August 22, 1882.

' Application filed April22,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY G. FISKE, of

Springfield, in the county of Hampden and means substantially as hereinafter set forth,

and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a perspective view of an electric lamp suspended in place, and showing one modification of my apparatus as applied in removing the lamp from its place of suspension or placing it in that suspended position. Fig. II is a perspective view of one modification of the apparatus without the lamp Fig. III is a perspective view of the rod, showing it as jointed, to be more easily and conveniehtly carried. Fig. IV isa perspective view of the pole with the suspending-eyes, pulley-blocks, and cord as secured on the pole and used without a reel-bar and Fig. V is anotherperspective view of the pole as used in the operation of attaching the eyes to the suspending-hooks and the cord-rings to the lamp in taking the latter down from its suspended position.

In the drawings, 2 represents the side rods, which,together with the piece,as 1, represents the fixed frame from which any ordinary electric lamp is hung, the two side rods, as 6, and the carbon-cup 8, attached to their lower ends, together with the case, as 7, containing the carbon-moving mechanism, the whole representing an electric lamp of any ordinary construction. y

I provide the lower end of eachrod, as 2, with a hook,as 3, and I also secure two books, as 9, in the upper part, asl, of the fixed frame, and upon the upperend of each lamp-rod, as 6, is made a loop, as 4, with a hooked projection, as 5, on one or both edges, as shown,

clearly in Fig. I. j v

If it is desired to use a reel upon which to wind the cord, a bar, as 10, preferably of wood,

is provided with two eyes, as 12, at the same distance apart as are the hooks 9 in the piece 1, so that these eyes may be readily placed over-the said hooks 9 and the bar 10 be suspended therefrom. Two pulley-blocks, as 13,

are suspended from this bar 10, over which pass two cords, as 14', with a ring or book, as 15, attached to the end of each cord,the,latter being of any desired length, according to the height which it is desired to hang the lamp; and a vertical hole is made through said bar' 110about midway its length, as at 11, through or into which the end, as 21,0f a pole, 19, may be inserted, this endot' the'pole being provided with side hooks, as 20, as shown in Fig. III. To each end of this bar 10 may be secured a metallic piece, as 17, having a horn, as 18, at each end, and upon one of these pieces 17 may be made a projecting guide, as 19,the bar 10 and itsend pieces, 17, serving as a reel upon which to wind the cords 14 in carrying the apparatus from place to place.

If it is not desired to use a reel upon which to wind the cord in carrying it from place to place, I dispense with the bar, as 10, and use merely the two eyes, as 12, each having a pulley-block, as 13, below, with a pulley pivoted therein, and the cord, as 14:, passing through the block and over the pulley, as shown clearly in Fig. IV.

When it is desired to unhang a lamp or remove it from its suspended position the cord is unwound from the reel or bar, and a projection,

as 21, made on the end of the pole 19, (shown in Fig. III,) is inserted in the hole 11 in said bar, with the latter between the hooks 20, and the bar is raised and the eyes 12 placed over and upon the hooks 9, and this will be more easily and quickly done if, in raising the bar 10, the projecting guide-piece, as 26, is placed against the rod 2, and if this guide-piece is held against said rod while raising the barthe eyes in the latter will-be guided directly to their position on the books. When the bar is thus suspended on the hooks, aclamp, as 16, which may consist of two flat disks of metal or other suit- 'able material. secured together by a thumbscrew, is firmly secured to the two cords 14 at rod 1 s about the distancefrom the pulley-blocks which it is desired to lower the lamp, firmly securing the cordstogether. Thesma-llprojection on the I end of the pole is then withdrawn from the hole eyetornloop vfastening is usedto secure-two relative position with each other without'de- 11 in the bar or reel, and,with the hook, as 20, on the end of the, pole, each rin g, as15,,is,,drawn down andplaced under the projecting hook, as 5, at the upper end of the rod 6. The operator then draws down on the cords, raising.

the loops 4 out of the hooks 3, and when disengaged rom he whelelamr is lettered; until the clamp, as 16, passes up to a position between the pulleys 13, as shown in dotted linesin Fig, I, and th e ,lamp, ,will then, .have,. been lowered to a position as indicated by the rings and cords in dotted lines in Fig. I, Where the p will e lwinv spended infrent ftha operator while being repaired or suppliedwith a new carbon. In this operation the'clamp, as 16, stops the downward movement of the lamp at a .point vaccordin g to. thedistance from the. pulleysat which, the. clampv is. secured. rto-thecordstand, holds it there.

It, in, taking thelamp down. the operator, stands awayfron thedamp, so-that the cords. and bar 10 are drawn awayflfrom. the lamp. a,

little, theloopswillbe morehreadily disen .5

gaged from, the hooksS,

When ,it is desired tohang .thelainp again, thecordsare drawnldown, the, operator stand-r ing morebeneath the lamp, and when raisedsufliciently he may press the cords, it necessary, against theupper portionof the lamp until the loopsl areina proper position abovethehooks 3, and then loweringwthe, lamp the loops-will drop. intoposition inthehooks. The ringg s as 15, arethen .unfastened from the projecting hooks, as5, by the hook, as 20,- onnthenpole," theiriugsdrawn, up. into. place atthe --pnlleys,, and the end of the pole-inserted in therhole l l of -the bar,10, the .lattenunhookedafroml the hooks 9 in the fixed frameof the lamp,and,.the bar taken down.

In going fromone ,lampto another thecords. 14 maybe, Wound-on the bar .10 fromaend-itow endbetween themhorns, as 18,, the .pole dis-n 5 jointed, and the whole. apparatus made Lport. able and easilycarried: L

Thecord-pulleys maybe suspendedfnom-om attached to the bar, as 10, in any convenient mannerso as .to. operate.freely,aud preferably so thatlthey. may move laterallytfnom side to side, as in the ordinary pulleyblockt Instead of..the clamp, as 16,;tosecnrethe. cords let together, the latter maybaknotted or tied, together atthe desired point andoperatedinthe tsamenway.

In using the moditicationlshown=in Fig. 1V, whenit is desired. to unhang a lamp the eyes, as 12, are placed oneuponeachwhoolnas 20,x on the, pole, as.shownin Fi:g,IV,and :then raised and hung oneupon eachthook, as '9,- as; shown clearly in Fi V, and zthelcordvrin gs, 1 as 15,are .then pulled down andqsecured :to: the projections, as. 5, onvthelloops," as i4, as before..

Whenever in this apparatus a hookandparts together, it is evident that-itheloop or the eye and the hook maybe reversedintheir scribed.

parting in the least from the principle, of opt qa-z.

Havingttli-usdescribed my invention, what I claimas new is 1. Inan apparatus for han gin g electric lamps, a portable bar provided with hook fastenings ;or;;eyes, adapted ;to be suspended upon and in combination with stationary pendent hooks above the lamp, suspended pulleys attached lto. ,saidh; bar, and cords to .run over said pulleys, and provided with rings or similar fastenings, whereby an electric lamp provided with ,suspendi ng hook attachments maybe removed fron or h ung upon its fixed frame, substantially as described. 2. In an apparatusforhangingelectriclamps openhooksmade on the lower end of theframe, inlcomb-ination withloopsprovided with bookprojectionston the: lamp, adapted to receive, and eng ageiwith fastenings secured nponcords it running-oven pulleys suspended at {a point" 'itbOVfl-Ihfidllllf), substantially as described; I 3-.-=Inanapparatnsforhangingelectriclamps, 9o aportable bar provided=at e& (3ll BU(l"Wil1];lE

{horns-for reeling a cord thereon, and having hookefasten-in-gs'to adaptit-to be suspended upon-and in combination-with stationary pend: ent-Lhooksabove the lamp, suspended "pulleys attached to said-bar, and operatingcords to run, over said pulleys, and provided vwith rin gs brHfastenin-gs adapted *to en gagewith hook.- projeetionson the lamp, substantially as de- I00 5 4aInanapparatusforhangingelectriclamps, the-combination a bar adapted -to tbesus pended-above; the lamp,.pendentpulleys secured to said bar,--cords'-- provided with rings br fasteningstovhold the l'amp, and=a clamp to secure the cords; together ,at an yv desired] point distant from; the pendent pulleys, sub stantjally-asdescribed, 5; lnan'apparatusforhangingelectriclamps, the combination-of 'a bar {provided with, hook; I [O fastenin gs or eyesand-a dapted to be suspended above theilainmand provided *with' pendent pulleys and asocket orhole, and a rod'whose, end isTadapted to (be inserted intothe holeor, socket iu,-said bar, and ;a guide-hook'on said pole, where by; said -,bar is raised to its position abovethe-lampand the cord-fastenings: attached-to and detached from the lamp, to remove -the -lat-ter from or replace it inits suspended position, substantially as described}. 6.-Inan'apparatusforhangingelectriclamps, twohooks p'endentabove the lamp, in corn;- binationwithtwo-eyes, eachprovided with'a pulley-blockan'd 'a-p'ulley pivoted thereiu,.a I cord with a ring attached 'to eachend, two .125 pendent hooked rods, a lamp having looport hookjastenings adapted to, engage withjsa'id; pendenthooked rods, and a hooked pole, whereby said lampmay be placed "in its suspended, position orremoved therefrom, substantially as, I 0 described.

Witnesses: HENRY- Gr, FISKEijJ;

T. A. CURTIS, O-HAs. 'H:.:Woo'n. 

